Human behavior is a complex psychophysiological act. A person's actions can depend on two components. The first is one's own personality traits that have been formed in the process of a person's life. The second is the influence of a momentary situation, which makes a kind of imprint on personality traits. Human behavior can be conventionally represented as a set of words spoken with a certain intonation, gestures, facial expressions and general motor activity. By learning to read these "symbols", you can understand who you are dealing with.
Instructions
Step 1
Pay attention to words and intonation. Of all the components of human behavior, they are the most obvious and intuitively perceived by the interlocutor. However, despite the apparent simplicity, these components of behavior are the most insidious. Very often what is said does not correspond to what a person really feels.
Step 2
Study the facial expressions of the person you are talking to. There are many nuances of facial expressions that allow you to determine the mood of a person. Raised eyebrows are an expression of surprise, and their sharp reduction speaks of aggressiveness, tension, thoughtfulness. Facial asymmetry often indicates skepticism, doubt, in some cases expresses a mockery of the interlocutor.
Step 3
See how the other person is looking at you. Avoiding eye contact can indicate embarrassment, bashfulness, or awkwardness the person feels about the topic. On the contrary, excessive eye contact is indicative of possible anger, aggression, or an attempt to use psychological defenses. People tend to look the other person in the eye when they listen to him, and not when they themselves speak. If the person is trying not to look at you at all, it is possible that they are hiding something.
Step 4
Watch your hands. Open hands indicate trust and openness between the interlocutors. On the contrary, crossed arms or legs, fingers locked in a lock - an attempt to defend, a closed position. Arms crossed on the chest - a strong position, emphasizing the steadfastness of a person's opinion. Remember, this is the gesture adolescents choose when they listen to the moral teachings of their elders.
Step 5
Take a closer look at your gait. A person who walks quickly and at the same time gesticulates with his hands has a clear goal and feels enough strength in himself to realize it. If a person keeps his hands in his pockets, even when it's warm outside, he is secretive and likes to suppress others. An open jacket speaks of openness and complete trust. The position of the hands when walking on the hips will indicate a person prone to impulsive actions. A shuffling gait is an expression of uncertainty and confusion.
Step 6
Human pose. You should not perceive the interlocutor as a collection of individual elements of facial expressions, take a closer look at how pronounced the correspondence of individual gestures to each other and the general position of the interlocutor's body as a whole. For example, hands locked in a lock and a leg thrown over the leg, speak of the subject's critical attitude to what is happening. Flirting poses are also easily recognizable - in men, these are legs wide apart in a standing position, index fingers laid behind a belt. In women, this is a hand lying on a leg, a gracefully arched back.
